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DEHIRADUN: Uttarakhand high court (HC) on Friday came down heavily on state govt and police for registering an FIR against a forest department official based on a complaint filed by an alleged mining mafia member. The court ordered the suspension of the officer who registered the FIR and directed the transfer of the entire staff…
Yuzvendra Chahal (Pic credit: Chahal’s X post) Indian spinner Yuzvendra Chahal arrived in Dehradun on Friday to attend the wedding celebrations of fellow India cricketer Kuldeep Yadav, expressing excitement about being part of the special occasion in Uttarakhand.Kuldeep, fresh from India’s triumph at the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, is set to begin a…
DEHRADUN: Iranians in India, many of them long vocal against the regime in Tehran, have begun limiting their social media presence and deleting anti-regime posts after statements and warnings by the Iranian prosecutor general’s office on Monday said the govt there would confiscate properties of Iranians living abroad for backing US-Israel attacks on the country….
DEHRADUN: A young couple, both first-year MCA students at a private university, sustained injuries after allegedly stabbing each other over accusations of infidelity in Clement Town area of Dehradun, police said on Saturday.SP Pramod Kumar said that the police control room received information about the incident early Saturday. “The pair had been in a relationship…
NAINITAL: Two men lured a 15-year-old Class 10 student away on the pretext of visiting a tourist spot, allegedly forced her to consume alcohol and raped her in their car at a secluded spot in Haldwani’s Kathgodam area. The accused worked as taxi drivers, and were arrested following a complaint by the survivor’s family.Police said…
RUDRAPUR: Three armed men allegedly gangraped a married woman at gunpoint in front of her brother-in-law when they were returning home from the ongoing Saras Mela at Gandhi Park in Rudrapur on Sunday night.Around 9 pm, as they were nearing Modi Maidan on Kichha bypass, the three men on two bikes arrived. They were known…
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand high court (HC) has overturned a 20-year sentence awarded by a lower court in a 2018 case involving the alleged gang rape of a mentally ill woman in Haldwani, citing serious lapses in the handling and preservation of forensic evidence.The case relates to an incident reported on March 7, 2018, in Haldwani’s Banphulpura…
DEHRADUN: At least five people were killed after a bus fell into a deep gorge at Kuanu on Meenak Road in the Kalsi area of Dehradun district on Tuesday morning.According to the Dehradun control room, the bus was carrying over 30 passengers at the time of the accident.Following the information, SDRF teams from Dakpathar, Chakrata,…
DEHRADUN: An elderly Muslim trader in Kotdwar, Pauri Garhwal, was forced to change the name of his shop after nearly 40 Bajrang Dal members held a demonstration outside his premises on Saturday evening, claiming the shop’s name misled people into thinking it was owned by a Hindu. The incident, which led to the deployment of…
TEHRI: Two paraglider pilots were rescued by the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) after they lost control and fell into Tehri Lake during the three-day Acro Festival & SIV Championship Tehri 2026. The incident occurred on Thursday.The SDRF team acted swiftly, reaching the pilots without delay and safely pulling them out of the lake, efficiently…
